Paris-based international banking and investment group Crédit Agricole announced today the appointment of former French government cabinet minister Quentin Guerineau as its new Chief Sustainability and Impact Officer.

The new appointment follows the recent departure of the bank’s former Chief Sustainability and Impact Officer, Éric Campos, who announced his exit from Crédit Agricole late last year, and now serves as CEO of Fondation Armée de Terre.

Guerineau joins Crédit Agricole after serving as Director of the Cabinet to the Minister of Environmental Transition for the government of France. He initially joined the government’s Treasury Department in 2016 as Deputy Head of the Bureau, responsible first for Housing and then for Insurance Companies and Intermediaries, and was appointed Advisor for Industry 4.0, Europe, Territories and Attractiveness to the Minister Delegate for Industry in 2021, rejoined Executive Management of the Treasury Department as Head of the Insurance Companies and Intermediaries Bureau in 2022, then joined the Ministry of Energy Transition as Deputy Director of the Cabinet in 2023, before becoming Director of the Cabinet to the Minister Delegate for Agriculture and Food Sovereignty in early 2024.

As part of his new role, he will join the Management Committee of Crédit Agricole S.A., and will report to Grégory Erphelin, who leads the Transformation, Human Resources and Transitions division, a recently launched division combining the bank’s Group Human Resources, Technological Transformation, Sustainability and Impact, Agri-Agro, Guarantee and Capital Development departments, as well as Crédit Agricole Transitions & Energies and Crédit Agricole Santé & Territoires.